WHY CONSULT WITH US
Many educational systems are limited by their mission. They are tasked with pushing every child in their schools across an arbitrary finish line — graduation. We hear from them when our child is at risk of not getting there. The child often interprets this process to mean they are flawed. They are not, the system is. We are not a system. Onward Upward is a partnership — one that is dedicated to understanding and supporting your whole child.
__ Does something feel different with your child? We believe you. We recognize parents know when ‘something is off’ even if they don’t know what it is. We can together work to identify the specific needs to be addressed.
__ Have you been down all the roads and hit a dead end? We’ve been that parent too. And we have done ‘all the things’ we’ve been advised to do and still felt at a loss. We can together demystify your pile of paperwork and the jargon within it to discover your child.
__ Has your child been labeled? We know first-hand labels can be distracting...and inaccurate. Even if your child’s label is well supported, it’s common this is the place, the only place, where attention has been focused. Often however, labels are provided as umbrella terms and lack the necessary specificity to dictate one’s path. We can together listen closer, dig deeper, and discover who your child truly is and forecast where they will best thrive.
__ Looking for more tools? What worked yesterday, may not work today and probably will not work tomorrow. We can provide coaching to add strategies to your toolbox. We can together help you find & maintain open lines of communication with your child while enjoying a mutually respectful relationship filled with love and joy.
OUR APPROACH
Onward Upward is a personal, hands-on approach of seeing, listening & learning about each child in order to open up unique educational pathways tailored to meet individual needs and foster individual ambitions.
We begin by getting to know you and your child. We will then slowly and thoughtfully collect all past & present school based data, conduct 1-1 personal interviews with parent(s) and child separately, and lastly curate additional relevant information around your child in the areas of academics, socially and emotionally. (Yes, all three!)
Through this triangulation of educational data, the conversations with parents and your child, we are able to develop an accurate, individualized learner profile of your child, your whole child, in order to fully & completely understand their needs, aspirations and strengths as well as areas for growth.
OUR PROMISE
At Onward Upward your child will be seen, heard and understood in real-time while also becoming aware of their own choice and voice in their education.
You & your child will learn of incredible, attainable education alternatives that will open the door for your child to not only love learning again but love themselves in the process.
And as a family you will gain a clear but always evolving vision of your child’s future while ensuring you all have a deeper understanding of how best to support one another in your efforts to move onward & upward together.
We here at OnUp will identify the schools who are student centered and researched based in service of your specific individual child’s wants & needs. And we will leverage our personal relationships across all school sectors & programs (both public & private) to ensure we can open as many right doors for your child to allow them to positively grow and flourish into themselves.
